Posted on 11/08/2023 4:22:58 AM PST by RandFan
Democratic senators are expressing alarm and bewilderment over new polling data showing that President Biden is trailing former President Trump in five battleground states, creating a political headwind for the party’s Senate candidates running in the same states.
Democrats are worried about what Biden’s weak poll numbers say about his electability in 2024, though they insist that barring an unexpected major development, Biden will be the party’s nominee.
But they acknowledge that Biden’s age — 80 years old — is clearly a problem for many voters.
“I hear immense praise for what he has done and how well he is doing on foreign policy and on extremism at home. He’s doing everything right, is what I’m hearing. And yet there’s this lingering concern about electability,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said.
“The question about the polls concerns people,” added Blumenthal, who noted that Trump, 77, isn’t much younger that Biden.
Senate Democrats say Biden needs to come up with a more forceful and progressive political message to rev up young voters. He is now essentially tied with Trump among voters ages 18 to 29. In 2020, Biden won this group with 60 percent of the vote while Trump only won 36 percent.
“I think the president needs to have a more forceful message, and there are issues in our democracy — like the creeping dark money corruption, and in our environment, like increasingly chaotic climate problems we’re having — that deserve a real fighting stance,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said.
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Deep State leadership: “Why the f**k aren’t those trials torpedoing Trump’s popularity???”
Good point they probably expected them to finish off Trump but it’s the total opposite.
Amazing and intriguing.
Just like in yesterday’s elections, the Dems will make it about abortion,
Paging “Big Mike”, Paging “Big Mike”!!!
After the battering conservatives took yesterday in the elections I dont pay any more attention to polls. Biden is a shoe-in from my seat.
I said it months ago and was flamed to no end...gget the GOV out of abortion! It is between Dr, woman and possibly father...the gov has no business in abortion.
I don't see it. At all.
More forceful message. Lie more if that is possible.
Correct, they’re responding to fear. They gots to have their abortions no matter what. Also, they hate Trump. Orange man bad, you know. Polls like this will scare democrats to the polls in 24.
“ After the battering conservatives took yesterday in the elections…”
Care to qualify that statement?
“I hear immense praise for what he has done and how well he is doing on foreign policy and on extremism at home. He’s doing everything right, is what I’m hearing.”
My God, who is saying that ,that has even a half of a brain?
Nah, The dim's ain't worried one bit.. As long as the check is in the mail everything will go as planed... Just ask Soros, K. Schwab, or maybe the great Zuck, they'll tell you... :(
2 years ago and yesterday we were supposed to have a red wave
We had a fizzle of a pink wave
For all your talk about voting machines and electric power out yadda yadda yadda if we keep going this way we will loose
Whether you like to hear it or not , trump is unelectable!!! These current polls showing trump leading are worthless, these polls show people who are miscontented with the current administration but when time comes to pull the lever the independents will NEVER EVER vote for trump. You will be shocked
We need to move on from trump
We need to move away from “stolen election “ and pick the best candidate able to talk about the abortion question.
My God, who is saying that ,that has even a half of a brain?
He’s lying, Jim.
I wouldn’t rejoice that much. Dems swamped the GOP in local races all around the country last night. Abortion was the only issue they had and they exploited it well.
The Democrats are searching for a way to dump Biden and replace him with someone who can beat Trump.
Nothing has changed since 2020. Sure people don’t like Biden.
But as long as Trump’s lackey, Ronna McRomney is running the RNC, they will not win.
Sure, as long as you declare someone is not human, ok to kill them. Who’s next? Jews? Wait, we already are.
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